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Flashpoints – June 5, 2006

Utah governor sends troops to the Arizona border, we’ll have a report from Tucson; also, an international human rights group condemns the Mexican government for their bloody attacks on the people of San Salvador De Atenco; Mahmoud Abbas sets up death squads as US and Israel continue their ethnic cleansing of Palestine; Flashpoints celebrates the … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 1, 2006

Israel kills eleven Palestinians in the last week and vow to intensify their shelling attacks on Gaza, we’ll speak to a doctor who is trying to treat those victims of Israeli attacks; we’ll also have news headlines from Palestine; military families speak out against the scapegoating of soldiers for US massacre policy; and the Knight … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 31, 2006

Common Ground founder Malik Rahim talks about the battle to beat back the ethnic cleansers in New Orleans; also, the struggle for the thousands of displaced New Orleanians cut off by FEMA and facing evictions; fighting on-campus recruiters and pro-war politicians; a report from South Central Farm; Palestinian gay activists fight for personal freedom and … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 30, 2006

The mainstream corporate media slowly picks up on last November’s Haditha massacre in US-occupied Iraq, in which US Marines slaughtered Iraqi children, women and men, but what are they continuing to leave out of the story? A report from our special correspondent Dahr Jamail; also, voices from the recent Bush War Crimes commission at UC … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 29, 2006

We take an in-depth look at US and Israeli policies of occupation in the Middle East; Featuring interviews with Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions on the burgeoning apartheid system in Palestine-Israel, and Anthony Arnove, author of Iraq: the Logic of Withdrawal talks about US militarism and the Bush doctrine of occupation.


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Flashpoints – May 26, 2006

A UC Berkeley student is thwarted trying to give Mexican President Vincente Fox a bouquet with a special gift inside, we’ll have a freewheeling discussion on Mexico with the Flashpoints team; and we feature an interview with the filmmaker of Why We Fight, an award-winning film not yet released, which offers a dark glimpse into … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 25, 2006

Convicts Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling face dozens of years in the pokey for ripping off billions from millions, we’ll have a report from Houston, Texas; also, Israeli Prime Minister and ethnic cleanser Ehud Olmert gets a heroes welcome in Washington; attorney and former PLO Advisor Diana Buttu on the impact of US foreign policy … Continued


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Flashpoints – May 24, 2006

Flashpoints will be showcasing a new film,"The Forest for the Trees" Judi Bari, eco-folk hero and labour activist, fought the law and won. In the summer of 1991, Bari organized a massive protest when a bomb blew up in her car, leaving her with injuries so severe that doctors thought she would never walk again. … Continued